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THE SHOOTING OF THADDEUS PURDY

 THE  SHOOTING  OF  THADDEUS  PURDY   IN  THE  FALL  OF  1853  A  MINER  KNOWN  AS  "MUNTZ"  KNIFED AND  FATALLY  WOUNDED  "BALTIMORE JACK"  OVER  A  GAME  OF CARDS  IN  FOREST  CITY.  MUNTZ  WAS...

 THE  SHOOTING  OF  THADDEUS  PURDY

 

IN  THE  FALL  OF  1853  A  MINER  KNOWN  AS  "MUNTZ"  KNIFED

AND  FATALLY  WOUNDED  "BALTIMORE JACK"  OVER  A  GAME  OF

CARDS  IN  FOREST  CITY.  MUNTZ  WAS  TAKEN  TO  DOWNIEVILLE

AND  HELD  UPSTAIRS  IN  THE  CRAYCROFT  BUILDING  FOR  WANT

OF  A  JAIL . THE  NEXT  DAY  A  FOREST  CITY  MOB  ARMED  WITH

"GREAT  CLUBS,  KNIFES  AND  REVOLVERS"  AND  "YELLING  LIKE

DEMONS"  ATTEMPTED  TO  TAKE  AND  HANG  MUNTZ.  A  SHOT  RANG

OUT  AND  THADDEUS  PURDY,  SIERRA  COUNTY'S  FIRST  DISTRICT

ATTORNEY  FELL  WITH  A  BULLET  TO  HIS  BRAIN.  HE  DIED  ON

A  TABLE  IN  THE  SALOON,  THE  VICTIM  OF  A  FRIEND  "HANDLING

THE  HAMMER  OF  HIS  REVOLVER  WHEN  IT  SLIPPED  THROUGH  HIS

FINGERS".  THE  ASTONISHED  CROWD  "SLUNK AWAY".  MUNTZ

WAS  ACQUITTED  ON  THE  GROUNDS  OF  SELF  DEFENSE.

 

CREDO  QUIA  ABSURDUM

DEDICATED  AUGUST  24,  2002

MAJOR  WILLIAM  DOWNIE  CHAPTER  1849

E  CLAMPUS  VITUS

Submitted by Debby Drake.

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